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Chief Reboots H-P After Scandal

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Ben Worthen

Updated Feb. 18, 2011 12:01 a.m. ET

New Hewlett-Packard Co. Chief Executive Leo Apotheker inherited a company in tumult.

His predecessor, Mark Hurd, resigned in August following an investigation into an allegation of sexual harassment, which Mr. Hurd denied. H-P's board was then broadly criticized for forcing out an executive who was popular with investors, if not the company's...

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